Wisconsin's troubled jobs agency did not independently verify whether businesses receiving tax dollars created the jobs they promised, state auditors told a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday.

Addressing the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, officials with the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau detailed a May audit of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The audit found cases in which WEDC didn't comply with state law or its own policies, made awards without the proper review and didn't require confirmation that jobs were created after businesses received awards.

While undergoing a complete restructuring of human resources, information technology and accounting systems as part of its transformation, WEDC has successfully created a nimble, efficient, customer-focused organization—one that is better positioned to meet the needs of businesses operating in an intensely competitive global economy than the old Wisconsin Department of Commerce.

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All eyes should be on the WEDC. It is full of fraud and abuse. Cash awards to Walker's donors. Horrible audits. go to onewisconsinnow.org filed under research for full report. Also go to wisdc.org for the plan by Vos and Fitzgerald to attempt to wreck havoc on the Legislative Audit Bureau to diminish its power. Trying to kill the messenger!! Have you ever gone to http://alecexposed.org/w/images/c/cd/ALEC_Exposed_in_Wisconsin.pdf this website? A lot of this information needs national exposure. There is also another move being put on by Vos on the Open Records Law prwatch.org The ALEC members in this state need to be exposed and gotten out of office.

WEDC for a report WEDC titled four years of failure go to onewisconsinnow.org In Addition, there is another assualt on the Legislative Audit Bureau Power grab by Repubs wisdc.org (this needs national media attention) Do us all a favor and expose the ALEC members in our legislature. Currently over 30 of them. They are all working against us here in Wisconsin. http://alecexposed.org/w/images/c/cd/ALEC_Exposed_in_Wisconsin.pdf

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